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Written by Nick Hesford
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Last Thursday 12th August marked the beginning of the 2021 grouse shooting season. Though often referred to as the ‘Glorious’ Twelfth, few Estates will have reason to celebrate this year. Following one of the worst breeding seasons for 30 years, the prospects...
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Sir,
In his recent letter, Professor Arthur Morris described grouse moors as ‘ecological deserts’. This is frankly untrue. Breeding birds such as lapwing and curlew have thrived on grouse moors as a result of the management undertaken there. Research has also shown mountain hares to be 35 times m...
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By Kathy Fletcher, Senior Research Assistant
Adult grouse watching over brood we have caught
The late May bank holiday is never much of a holiday for our Scottish uplands research team. This date often marks the start of our grouse chick-catching period. There is a window of just a few week...
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Revive’s non-peer reviewed report is sadly partial raspberry at a time when festive cheer for our moors should be the order of the day (Close grouse moors to help environment, report urges, 9 December).
The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) has published three major reports and 19 pee...
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Sir,
The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust condemns the illegal killing of birds of prey, and we are committed to finding effective and practical resolutions to conflicts (Call for grouse shooting to be licensed amid rise in bird of prey deaths, 12 August). Those who break the law undermine ...
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Written by Andrew Gilruth, Director of Communications
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In addressing carbon emissions from our peatlands (Grouse shoots accused in climate change alert, Aug 6) we must not forget that 92% of these releases come from; crops, grazing and forestry. In contrast, open heather moorland, ...
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Emma Gatten should not be surprised red grouse shooting has not taken off in other countries (Comment, January 29), these wild birds are endemic to the British Isles. The Germans and Belgians did try and introduce them but these populations had gone by the 1970s. As a result thousands of overseas...
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Red grouse management and shooting can contribute significantly to rural economies whilst delivering a plethora of wider biodiversity and environmental benefits. However, a bad breeding season, where no shooting takes place, can impact badly on rural businesses that rely on the income generate...
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Help the industry defend and maintain sustainable practises by answering some questions about your approach to controlling rats and at the same time grab a chance of winning a £250 cash prize.
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To mark World Curlew Day we'd like to share ‘Call of the Moors', a poem written by Nigel Algar Orde-Powlett, later 6th Baron Bolton, when he was a teenager. It was published in 1918 and he wrote it after his older brother 2nd Lieutenant William Percy Orde-Powlett was killed in action during World...
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